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Piedmont / Northern Coastal Plain Basic Seepage Swamp – CEGL006406
A very wet basic seepage swamp, permanently saturated by groundwater discharging from a toe slope along the Appomattox River in Appomattox County.  Patch-dominant herbs here include broad-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia var. pubescens), skunk-cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus), common wood reedgrass (Cinna arundinacea), and hairy-fruited sedge (Carex trichocarpa).  Appomattox Court House National Historical Park.

 © DCR-DNH, Gary P. Fleming
Piedmont / Northern Coastal Plain Basic Seepage Swamp – CEGL006406